It's Your Day

Good afternoon from a very wet Michigan. We have had a lot of rainfall over the last week but hey at least it's cooled the temperatures down!

It's Friday which means one thing - Chibis New release day over at Scrapper's Delights and there are some cuties this time round. I have used Happy Birthday, she comes both with and without the candle:

I used my graphics program to add the sentiments and image and printed on white card. The image was colored with Copic markers giving a glow from the candle. This was then matted at an angle onto pink starry design paper. I matted my 5x7 in card base with pink card and added my topper.

I adhered tiny blue pearls around the cake to give it some interest.

Happy Birthday is being released with 2 gaming images. If you purchase all 3 you can then get the VIP deal which means you get this month's zodiac collection free!

Head on over to the Scrapper's Delights Store to see all of the new releases.

We also have a monthly challenge where you can enter any makes you do

Why not stop by the Scrapper's Delight Facebook page for regular news on and inspiration from my Teamies and keep your eyes peeled on my blog for new releases from them!

 

Thanks for stopping by before you go check out a sneak peek of the next new release coming at the end of the month:

Designer highlights

Good morning who's excited about the pending holidays - I have 2 excited kids who can't wait for Santa Claus to arrive!

Today my makes are being showcased over on the Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps blog. I have made a couple of new designs as well as all my previous makes

First of all is a candle and box I have decorated using the stunning Christmas stamps

And here's how I did it:

I stamped and heat set The Ornate Tree and Snowflake Border images using a metallic silver ink onto white tissue paper. I then carefully cut around the images and laid them on a plain white candle. I wrapped parchment paper around this and heated with my heat gun. This causes the top layer of the candle to melt and the tissue paper sinks into this. once cooled the image looks as though it has been stamped onto the candle. 

I added some crystal gems to the stamped image and some silver gossamer ribbon around the base to balance the design out.

For the box I made a box the same size as the candle from pearlescent white card. I then matted the lid of this with silver card. Using embossing ink I stamped the Ornate Tree onto a white piece of card along with the Celebrate the Season sentiment both from Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps. I then added a silver tinsel embossing powder and heat set this. I added some of the same crystal gems to match the candle and then matted this onto the lid of the box.

A stunning gift for someone over the holiday period.

As part of my highlight I also made a very simple Christmas card using the Little Drummer Boy stamp

I stamped the sweet little fellow in the bottom corner of a piece of white card. He was then colored using alcohol markers. I used a fine line pen to add a border to the card and a gold die cut star just finishes off the image. This was then matted onto a snowflake patterned kraft card and gold card as used for the star.

Thanks for stopping by - you can read more about me and my Prickley Pear Rubber Stamp designs over on the blog. Also checkout the Facebook page where the rest of my teamies showcase their work!

Ooo look what I'm making!!!!

Hello I have some fab Monday news.............

 

Yesterday was a humid day James was off with his buddies and Kev was playing golf so thought I'd try out the goodies I bought last week!

 

A new craft for me to stretch my creative juices

 

It all starts with jug in a pan on the stove....

 

 

Yes I'm candle making. You have to be very precise with temperatures I stood over the pan watching the thermometer as though it was going to explode if it went over one degree hotter!!

 

I prepared my molds - as this is my first time I'm starting off small, the votive sized jars are molds and I then had an empty Yankee Candle jar so decided to try refilling that:

 

 

Once the wax had melted and reached the correct temperature poured it into the molds. I remembered at this point I had forgotten to add the scent and color. I could add Jasmine scent to the jars and give them a quick stir but as the wax had started to set I decided to keep these white and use color for next batch.

After 5 minutes the wicks are added and held in place with lolly sticks. They are then left for a further 30 minutes before topping them up to ensure there is no gaps around the wicks.

 

They are then left for 2 hours to set fully before removing from the molds.

 

Whilst waiting I designed a quick label for the jar candle. I printed it using Safmat

 

 

Butterflies remind me of a special person so first attempt has one on the front  and I've used my blog name for the back

 

 

 

I have used a So Suzy single flower swirl stamp to decorate one of the votive candles:

 

 

I just need to get some more supplies and there will be no stopping me now!